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Short Story Literary Elements
Short Story Literary Elements
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A quiz to check for understanding of short story vocabulary terms.
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1
Which perspective is from one character only?
Third-person limited
Third-person omniscient
Third-person observer
2
What type of character stays the same?
dynamic
flat
round
static
3
What is the term for a struggle between a character and outside force?
internal conflict
man versus society
man versus nature
external conflict
4
Which character is in conflict with the main character?
foil
protagonist
antagonist
confidante
5
What is the term for the time and place of a story?
denouement
setting
climax
theme
6
What is the central message or insight into life?
resolution
theme
denouement
exposition
7
What is the term for the tying up of loose ends; happily ever after.
resolution
climax
theme
denouement
8
What is the term for the turning point of a story?
inciting incident
climax
rising action
conflict
9
What type of character changes in the story?
flat
static
round
dynamic
10
What is the term for a complex character?
Dynamic
Round
Simple
Flat
11
Which character is the main character?
sidekick
foil
protagonist
antagonist
12
What is the term for the introduction of the setting and main characters?
resolution
exposition
foreshadowing
inciting incident
13
Which narrator reports events like a journalist?
Third-person omniscient
Third-person limited
Third-person objective
14
Which point of view is an all-knowing narrator who sees everything?
Third-person limited
Third-person objective
Third-person omniscient
15
What type of conflict is in a character's mind?
external
internal
man versus society
man versus nature
16
What is the term for narration using I, me, my, and mine?
Second-person point of view
Third-person point of view
First-person point of view
17
What is the term for the use of hints to suggest what will happen later in a story?
exposition
foreshadowing
flashback
conflict
18
What is the account of an event that happened at an earlier point in the story?
foreshadowing
denouement
climax
flashback
19
What is the term for the outcome of the main conflict?
exposition
climax
resolution
falling action
20
What type of character is a simple character with little description?
Dynamic
Flat
Static
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